HACKER Q&A
📣 Glo3D

Automated Drone Photography


Is there a way to have a drone go around a building and take 48 photos at equal intervals to give a 360 view around the building? We are looking to add it to our platfrom Glo3D.net


  👤 aphextim Accepted Answer ✓
Would you be able to have a drone fly autopilot around the building, taking a 4k video of the flight - then extract still images from the video at the intervals you desire? (Every 7.5 degrees it seems)

Otherwise, have a sensor or beacon placed in the center of the building which transmits as an anchor point to the drone to fly around, which with custom software could trigger a camera to take a photo every 7.5 degrees in-flight.

Just spit-balling ideas, and have no idea if this tech already exists.


👤 billconan
I know someone who made https://ambergarage.com/#

(you need to click the upper right corner for the link skywand)


👤 mdorazio
Is there a reason you don’t want to use an HD video recorded for the duration of the flight on a programmed path and extract the frames you need from that?

👤 lelehc
Yes. You can use KittyHawk software or DJI and set up a flight path.